Button for soft collars and other articles



Sept. 4, 1923.

F. E. WARNER BUTTON FOR SOFT COLLARS AND OTHER ARTICLES File'd May 511922 Patented Sept. 4, 1923;

UNITED stars FRANK E. WARNER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TOSCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF VTATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CON- NECTICU'T.

BUTTON FOR SOFT COLLARS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Application filed May 31, 1922. Serial no. 564,699.

T all whom it may concern. 3

Be it known that I, FRANK E. \VARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven 5 and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inButtons for Soft Collars and Other Articles, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to pro vide a button for soft collarsand other articles, and by this I mean a button such as may be used oncollars which are laundered soft, for holding the upper corner of theinserted flap or tab of the collar in proper position beneath the frontfold of the collar.

To be of practical advantage in this application, a button must be ofrelatively small diameter, and relatively flat as regards the distanceat which it stands away from the material to which it is attached, sothat it will not interfere in the process ofironing, and will not tearthe material.

I The thickness of materials to which buttons of this character areattached varies somewhat, and this variation in thickness ordinarilyrequires adjustment of the machine used for setting the buttons upon thematerial. The construction of the setting eyelet used with the button ofthis invention obviates the necessity for this change in ad-' headhaving a shank and a recessed face,

and an intervening shoulder, a foot. piece having an upstanding barrelof adiameter to fit snugly within the shank and its leading end adaptedto be turned over and clinched upon the shoulder within said recess tofixedly unite the head and foot piece, and a setting eyelet providedwith a flange and a tube, the tube being of such diameter as to snuglyfit within the barrel of the foot piece and its leading end adapted tobe clinched upon. the clinched end of the barrel, the circumferentialedge of the flange of the eyelet being slightly turned toward its tubeand capable of being deformed or flattened downwardly to accommodatematerials of different thicknesses, as I will proceed now to explain andfinally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated,

Figure l is a perspective view of a soft 001 lar broken away at front,showing my button in place thereon. Fig. 2 is an axial vertical sectionof the buttonv head and foot piece assembled; Fig. 3 is an axialvertical section of the setting eyelet,,and Fig. 4: is an axial verticalsection showing the button set upon a piece of material, these lastthree views showing the parts greatly enlarged.

The drawing shows the invention applied to anopen-face button,comprising a head having a rolled edge 1 and a central recess 2terminating in a shank 3 and a shoulder 4 upon which is clinchedtheupper end 5 of the barrel 6 of a foot piece the outer circumferentialedge of which is turned away from its barrel slightly as at 8. It willbe noted that the distance between the face of the button and the backof the foot piece is relatively short, thereby providing a button whichlies substantially flat upon the material to which it is attached andpresents little if any obstruction when the article to which the buttonapplied, is

nary sewed-on'button by the threads with which it is sewed. v

The setting eyelet 9.may be and Proferably is of the self pie'rcingtype, and the leading end of its tube lOcooperates with the relativelysharp inner circumferential edge 11 of the foot piece 7 in piercing thematerial to which the button is attached. The flange 12 of the eyelet isslightly turned toward its. tube at its circumferential edge, as at 13,and is of greater diameter than the diameter of the foot piece so thatwhile a firm grip is obtained upon the material upon which the, buttonis set, between the oppositely turned edges of the foot piece and theeyelet flange, no tearing or cutting of the material will result.Moreover, by turning the edge of the eyelet flange I produce a flangewhich is partly deformable, so that in case materials of differentthicknesses are used with the button, the flange of the buttonholeveyelet may be deformable downwardly to the buttons upon such material ofadded thickness. This deforming or flattening out of the flange of theeyelet is made possible by the fact that a flat setting die is usedinstead of one having a face which conforms to the under face of theeyelet flange.

By forming the button head With a recess 2, I provide a space below theplane of the outer surface of the button head Within which the clinchedend of the eyelet may lie, thereby presenting a. substantially smoothsurface to an iron or the like.

It will b noted that the shank of the but [on h ad is cylindrical andopen at its bot tom, and that the barrel of the foot piece is alsocylindrical and of a length substantially equal to the length of theshank whereby a double thicknessat the shank of the button is providedof relatively great strength, and. consequently, crushing of this shankand possible flattening of the button by accident or rough handling tosuch an extent as to impair its usefulness, is practically preeluded.

It will be noted, also, that the button has a relatively largefootpiece. and eyelet. flange, thus affording a. large bearing and attachingsurface and making unlikely tearing out of the button even when set uponfrail material. such as relatively thin silk or linen, because of theconsequent relatively large amount of the material grasped ithin thecircumference of the foot piece and setting flange and the attendantremoteness of the circumferential gripping edges of these parts from thehole-pierced through the material for the passage of the eyelet insetting.

I do not Wish to be understood as limiting my invention: to, the exactdetails of construction and arrangement of parts herein shown anddescribed, as it is obvious that various departures may be madetherefrom within the spirit of the invention and the scope of theappended claims.

lVhat I claim is 1. A button for soft collars and other articlescomprising a, head having a shank, a shoulder in said head. and a footpiece pro,- vided with a. barrel coextensive with and fitting withinsaid shank, the leading endv of said barrel being turned over andclinched upon said shoulder to fixedly unite said, lrea d and footpiece.

2. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a headhaving a rear- Wardly extending shank, a shoulder in said head, and afoot piece having a barrel coextensive with and of less diameter thantie shank and adapted to [it Within the shank, the leading end of saidbarrel being clinched upon said shoulder to fixedly unite said head andfoot piece.

A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having arear- Wardly extending shank a shoulder Wi hin said head, and a footpiece having an upstanding barrel of such outside diameter as to closelyfit Within said shank and of a length substantially coextensive with theshank, the leading end of said barrel adapted to be clinched upon saidshoulder to fixedly unite said head and foot piece,

4. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising headliavinga shank er:- tending rearwardly therefrom; a shoulder in said headadjacent to said shank, and a foot piece having an upstanding barrel ofa diameter to snugly fit Within said shank and in length substantiallyequal to the length of said shank, the leadingend of said barrel beingclinched upon said shoulder to fixedly unite said head and foot piece.

5. A button for soft collars and other an ticlcs, comprisim a headprovided with a rearWardly extending shank and a shouldered recess, afoot piece having a barrel snugly fitting Within said shank and clinchedupon said shoulder, and a setting eyelet adapted to fit snugly Withinsaid barrel and to: be clinched. upon the clinched end of said barrel toset the button upon said material.

6. A button for soft collars and. other articles, comprising a headhaving a shank and a shouldered recess, a foot piece having a barrelsnugly fitting Within said shank and substantially coextensive therewithand having its leading end clinched upon said shoulder. and a settingeyelet having a flang and a tube, said tube adapted to fit within saidbarrel and be clinched upon the clinched: end thereof and said flangehaving an inturned circumferential edge defermable downwardly for thepurpose specified.

Tn testimony whereof- I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May,A. l). 1922.

FRANK E. lVARNER. lVitnesses:

Pnnor lVARNER, PAUL E. FENTON.

